Mail box



J. A. HORCH MAIL BOX Filed Jan. 16. 1929 2 Shgets-Sheet l W n A 1 ATTORNEY J. A. HORCH Feb. 3, 1931.

MAIL BOX Filed Jan. 16, 1929 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 LID WITNESS Patented Feb. 3, 1931 vj JACOIB A. HORGH, or LOS ANGELES, oALiroanii-r MAIL BOX Application filed January 16, 19 2?. .Serial lfTo. 332,799.

My present invention'has reference to a mail box which is primarily, though not necessarily, designed for household use, and among the objects is the provision of a mail 5 box which may be easily and quickly at tached to a support, one inwhich the contents are fully protected from weather conditions; one which carries a swingablebail for supporting letters thereon and one which has arranged therein a tray upon which the letters are deposited and which when the hinged top is swung to open position will be elevated so that the contents of the'box may be readily removed therefrom, the cover 1 being provided with anope'ning for the insertion ofthe mail matter. A

A still further object is the provision of a mail box that has a sloping top normally closed by a cover provided with adepending bail to which isattached a mail receiving tray, the saidtray having at its bottom an eye that, when the cover closed, is movable through an opening in the bottom of the box and is designed to receive therethrough the hasp of alock, and further wherein the cover is protected by a plate in the nature or a shield, so that moisture is eli'ectively prevented from entering the box,tl1e box being 7 further provided on its outer face with integrally. formed means for a nameplate and is provided with a peep-hole whereby the owner can readily perceive whether or not the box contains mail matter, while on its rear face the box is formed with a socket whereby the same may be attached to a bracket secured on asuitable support.

.To the attainment of the foregoing, the

invention consists in the improvement. hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure lis a front elevation of a mail box in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is'a substantially central trans verse sectional view therethrough. x Figure 3 is an approximately vertical longitudinal sectional view through the improvement. V

Figure l is a similar View with the cover 5% open.- 1

-,.sides' l 0f the extending toward. each other. Between these stantially U-shaped wire member or bail 10.

Figure 5' is a transverse sectional view on the. line 5+5 of Figure t My improved mail box is preferably'coir strnc'ted, wholly of metal and has an outer coating oil water proof material. The mail box is of substantiallyrectangular formation e-;cepttl1.at the front 2 inclines outward: ly from its bottom to its top. The back '3 of the mail box is extended a suitable distance beyond the top of the front and the c said box are cut at'an angle upper'edgeof the back 3 tothe upa of the 1'onti2.' Theback Bjzhas riveter e securely fixed thereon per e I or other A theendsof the strap, the central'porti'on of which being outwardly, bulged to form: the same with a socket b andthis socliet isdesigned to're ceive therethrough a bracket or other means that'is atta'shed to a support.

.The outer face 2- of the box-, adjacent to p the top thereof, is provided with rightangularly arranged preferably bendablegears 6; These ears are formed byslittiiig the face 2. By reference to tliedrawings it will be seen that two comparatively narrow ears are arranged at the center ofthe b'oxaiid extend toward eachothehand that-theend'ears are laterally arranged. nd also have their ends cars there is designed to bcreceived thenaine plate of theflowner of t'he box. Be ow the name plate. thefbo); i rornied with a snbstantially; ai -shaped opening. ,7, which is. com paratively small and this opening. provides a peep-hole whereby the owner, can ascertain Whether or not nail matter is received in the box, 7 if; t K

Y Normally resting on the bottom of the box butarrange'd for slidable movementin the said box there is a fiangedtray 8. ,il his tray 99 provides a receptacle for letters or 'likemail matter and passingthrough the side flanges "of the tray in a'linewith the bottom thereot, rthere is the central member 901 a sub The, arms of the bail are 2 votally connected to depending ears on the inner face of the cover. 12 for thegbox. The'cov'erlQ has its sides flanged, and the'said flangesare pivotally connected, as at 13, to the sides 4 of the box, adjacent to the upper or elevated rear end thereof. The cover 12 extends a suitable distance beyond the front of the box and the said cover is formed with an opening 14 whereby mail matter may be inserted into the box.

The ears 12 are preferably formed by slitting th'ecover both longitudinally and transversely and bending the slits inwardly.

In order to protect the openings in the cover 14 I arrange .thereover a flanged protector plate 15. The plate 15 has its side flanges of a greater width than the side flanges of the cover and the outer or lower edge of the plate is formed with an angle extension 16 for directing water off of the said plate and away from the face or front of the box. The rear edge ofthe protector plate 15 is also flanged, as at 17 ,to cover the upper and elevated edge of the box.

Thepivots 18 are formed on the inwardly extending ends of the arms of a wire bail 18. The central or connecting element for the bail is rounded away from the side ears thereof and is arched upwardly, as at 19, to afford with the ears gripping elements for newspapers, magazines and the like.

I The central portion f the substantially U-shaped wire member that T have termed the inner bail 10 is centrally rounded upon itself to form the same with an eye 20 that extends through alining openings in the bot tom of the trayand in the bottom of the box and this eye, as disclosed by dotted lines in Figure 1 is adapted to be engaged by the hasp of a lock. WVhenthe lock is applied the cover is effectively sustained upon the box although the outer or protective face may be raised so that the owner may insert mail into the box. When the lock, indicated by the numeral 21, is removed the cover may be swung to its outward and open position and by virtue of such swinging the letterreceiving tray will be elevated in the box so that the contents thereof may be readily accessible and easily removed from the box.

The simplicity of my construction and the advantages thereofwill, it is thought, be understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art to which such invention relates without further detailed description although I desire it understood that I do not wish to be restricted to the precise details herein set forth and, therefore, hold myself entitled to maketsuch changes therefrom as fairly fall within the scope of what I claim.

' Having described the invention, I claim:

A, mail boxcomprising a vertically disposed and tapering casing provided with an opening in the bottom thereof and having the upper end fully open to provide an entrance, a pivoted cover for closing the entrance, a plate slidable in the casing and having an aperture aligning with theopening in the bottom .wall, upstanding flanges on the plate and fitting against the walls of the eas ing when the plate is in engagement with the bottom wall to provide a follower for receiving the lower ends of mail articles while in the casing, a substantially U-shaped bail in- JACOB A. HORCH. 

